The Sustainability and Climate Action Grant supports community-led initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, restore ecosystem health or strengthen community resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Cairns Regional Council's Sustainability and Climate Action Grant provides financial assistance to not-for-profit community groups and organisations delivering projects in the Cairns region.

The funding can be used to support initiatives, developments and educational activities that further the grant objectives of emissions reduction, improving ecosystem health and strengthening community resilience and capacity.

Grant objectives:

• Emissions reduction:
  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Cairns region (e.g., through education, energy efficiency, renewable energy generation or sustainable transport.).
• Natural environment:
  • Strengthening species and / or ecosystem resilience to human induced environmental pressures (e.g., through education, citizen science and / or on ground action).
• Community resilience and capacity:
  • Strengthening community resilience in relation to food, water, energy, waste, or disaster preparedness.

To be eligible to apply for this grant, applicants must:

• provide evidence of their organisation's not-for-profit status, or details of their Auspicing organisation
• (if applicable) written Works Approval if not the property owner (more info on Council Works Approvals here).

Applicants must not be:

• an individual
• a school, university or TAFE college
• a political party or discriminatory group an organisation that own, lease, manage or operate premises with poker machines.

• Phone: (07) 4044 3384
• Email: sustainability@cairns.qld.gov.au